CS:GO News Week in Review: January 24th

Na'Vi wins Dreamhack Leipzig

After two days of matches, Natus Vincere have come out on top at Dreamhack Open Leipzig this weekend after two thrilling matchs against Luminosity Gaming on de_train and de_cobblestone, both of which went into overtimes. For full match summaries and match brackets, read our Leipzig winner's news here.

FaZe enters CS:GO

Following in the footsteps of OpTic, SoaR and EnVyUs, another major Call of Duty has expanded to CS:GO this week with the reveal that FaZe has acquired the roster of G2 eSports, featuring Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad, Håvard "rain" Nygaard, Ricardo "fox" Pacheco, Mikail "Maikelele" Bill, and Philip "aizy" Aistrup.

TSM create their own organization

Rumors had been flying within the community as to where the ex-TSM lineup would be signing with, but no one saw coming that the players would form their own organization, Astralis, to play under. Astralis' Finn "karrigan" Anderson had the following to say about their decision:

When we first heard about this project, we all thought it was an extraordinary chance to make our own mark in esports. We chose this offer over countless others, including far more profitable in the short term, because we believe in building something that will have a lasting impression on the game we love.”

CSGO.one accused of matchfixing

Yet another team is embroiled with acqusations of match fixing, this time the gambling site sponosored team CSGO.one. The team announced this week that they would be leaving the organization after they apparantly were told by CSGO.one to throw a match in order for the company to profit. Read more about the claims here.

compLexity to sign dephh

CompLexity eSports have been on the lookout for another player to help complete their roster after it was revealed that Ronnie "ryx" Bylicki would not be staying with the team after a brief trial period. It seems they have found their replacement however this week however, as UK-based CAZ eSports have released their star player, Rory "dephh" Jackson, to allow him to take up an offer from compLexity to move to the United States and play with their team.

We are saddened to announce that Rory 'Dephh' Jackson has departed from the organisation. After receiving an offer from the United States to play on Complexity the organisation released him from his contract so Rory could pursue this fantastic opportunity.”